Joseph E. Stiglitz: Europe's economic challenges and perspectives

„This is a war that we have to win“. Keynote speech from Joseph E. Stiglitz at the conference "Europe’s winter challenges: energy, economy, and politics" on September 26 in Vienna's Presseclub Concordia.
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The event was a cooperation between Concordia, Europe's Futures (IWM), fjum and ERSTE Foundation

[@zyilund]

Good points. Thanks for sharing.

[@manuelmanuel9248]

What about the Nato provocation of the war?

[@dthomas9230]

36,000,000 refugees from the War on Terror, + from Syrian drought due to climate change are flooding Europe and other democracies who always clean up after the elephants when the GOP circus leaves town. GOP's economic terrorism via social disorder is to kill democracy once and for all.

[@giovanni8304]

Stiglitz has always struck me as a thoughtful fellow. However i also have the impression that some of his conclusions are coloured by his experience in government and espousing the views of the US foreign policy establishment. If not it would be hard to understand how he can claim that the main difference between Russia and Saudi Arabia is that the latter did not attack other countries.

[@nescius2]

both are oil producing states ruled by an autocrat.. i don't understand your difficulty with his claim...?

[@giovanni8304]

@@nescius2 Just the fact that Saudi Arabia did attack a neighbouring country, or this is news on the other side of the pond?

[@nescius2]

@@giovanni8304 depends on how you see it.. I am guessing that you are talking about Yemen.. ? so you are saying that you agree with him, but found his view as a bit .. _naive,_ maybe?

[@giovanni8304]

​@@nescius2 No. What I mean is that Stiglitz misrepresents the historic record to justify, on ethical grounds, US support for one awful regime, but not the other. I think it is simply ridiculous to claim that the Saudi monarchy is any better that the Russian elites.

[@nescius2]

@@giovanni8304 ok, here i have to disagree, my extended family home was bombed by Russians in western Georgia during 90. and country of my birth was occupied by Soviet army, I am not their greatest fan...
Saudis are bad, but nothing compared to Russia.

[@ALBERTO30114]

but the American aggressions in Vietnam, Afganistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria.........and all the other more than 60 aggressions done since 1945, these are OK? Joseph.........be honest

[@disneybudgetinn3752]

This Nobel prize winner has a 4th grade understanding of geopolitics.

[@markreddy188]

What’s this guy on about.
No wonder the world is messed up.
Not a clue